A rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba.[1] Under the province's Municipal Act of 1997, an area must have a minimum population of 1,000 and a density of less than 400 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,000/sq mi) to incorporate as a rural municipality.[2] Manitoba has 98 RMs, which had a cumulative population of 301,438 as of the 2016 Census.[3] This is a decrease from 116 RMs prior to January 1, 2015, when municipalities with less than 1,000 people were directed by the provincial government to amalgamate with adjoining municipalities to comply with the Municipal Act.
Rural municipalities of Manitoba | |
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Location | Province of Manitoba |
Number | 98 |
Populations | 648 (Ethelbert) – 17,216 (Hanover) |
Areas | 20.26 km2 (Victoria Beach) – 3,572.13 km2 (Reynolds) |
Government | |
Subdivisions |
The most and least populated RMs as of the 2016 census are Hanover and Victoria Beach with populations of 15,733 and 398 respectively. East St. Paul is the most densely populated RM at 223.2/km2 (578/sq mi)[3] The largest and smallest RMs in terms of geography are Reynolds and Victoria Beach with land areas of 3,572.13 km2 (1,379.21 sq mi) and 20.26 km2 (7.82 sq mi) respectively.[3]
Rural municipality (RM) | Administrative seat[4] | Incorporation date[5] |
2016 Census of Population[3] | ||||
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Population (2021) |
Population (2016) |
Change |
Land area (km2) |
Population density | |||
Alexander | St-Georges | January 1, 1945 | 3,854 | 3,333 | +15.6% | 1,560.05 | 2.5/km2 |
Alonsa | Alonsa | January 1, 1945 | 1,210 | 1,247 | −3.0% | 3,006.17 | 0.4/km2 |
Argyle | Baldur | August 15, 1881 | 994 | 1,025 | −3.0% | 768.63 | 1.3/km2 |
Armstrong | Inwood | January 1, 1945 | 1,967 | 1,792 | +9.8% | 1,868.24 | 1.1/km2 |
Bifrost – Riverton | Arborg* | January 1, 2015 | 3,320 | 3,378 | −1.7% | 1,643.14 | 2.0/km2 |
Boissevain – Morton | Boissevain | January 1, 2015 | 2,309 | 2,353 | −1.9% | 1,102.38 | 2.1/km2 |
Brenda – Waskada | Waskada | January 1, 2015 | 650 | 674 | −3.6% | 775.64 | 0.8/km2 |
Brokenhead | Beausejour* | November 15, 1900 | 5,414 | 5,122 | +5.7% | 749.69 | 7.2/km2 |
Cartier | Elie | February 21, 1914 | 3,344 | 3,368 | −0.7% | 552.94 | 6.0/km2 |
Cartwright – Roblin | Cartwright | January 1, 2015 | 1,336 | 1,308 | +2.1% | 705.27 | 1.9/km2 |
Clanwilliam – Erickson | Erickson | January 1, 2015 | 1,012 | 860 | +17.7% | 358.05 | 2.8/km2 |
Coldwell | Lundar | November 19, 1912 | 1,313 | 1,254 | +4.7% | 891.85 | 1.5/km2 |
Cornwallis | Brandon* | December 22, 1883 | 4,568 | 4,520 | +1.1% | 500.51 | 9.1/km2 |
Dauphin | Dauphin* | November 26, 1897 | 2,136 | 2,298 | −7.0% | 1,512.79 | 1.4/km2 |
Deloraine – Winchester | Deloraine | January 1, 2015 | 1,478 | 1,489 | −0.7% | 728.13 | 2.0/km2 |
De Salaberry | St-Pierre-Jolys* | December 22, 1883 | 3,918 | 3,580 | +9.4% | 667.57 | 5.9/km2 |
Dufferin | Carman* | November 1, 1890 | 2,543 | 2,435 | +4.4% | 916.11 | 2.8/km2 |
East St. Paul | East St. Paul | November 3, 1915 | 9,725 | 9,372 | +3.8% | 41.79 | 232.7/km2 |
Ellice – Archie | McAulay | January 1, 2015 | 831 | 887 | −6.3% | 1,153.14 | 0.7/km2 |
Elton | Forrest | December 22, 1883 | 1,276 | 1,273 | +0.2% | 576.14 | 2.2/km2 |
Emerson – Franklin | Dominion City | January 1, 2015 | 2,437 | 2,537 | −3.9% | 970.19 | 2.5/km2 |
Ethelbert | Ethelbert | January 1, 2015 | 648 | 607 | +6.8% | 1,134.59 | 0.6/km2 |
Fisher | Fisher Branch | January 1, 1945 | 1,845 | 1,827 | +1.0% | 1,486.17 | 1.2/km2 |
Gilbert Plains | Gilbert Plains | January 1, 2015 | 1,420 | 1,470 | −3.4% | 1,050.15 | 1.4/km2 |
Gimli | Gimli | August 15, 1881 | 6,569 | 6,181 | +6.3% | 318.10 | 20.7/km2 |
Glenboro – South Cypress | Glenboro | January 1, 2015 | 1,123 | 1,550 | −27.5% | 1,071.64 | 1.0/km2 |
Glenella – Lansdowne | Glenella | January 1, 2015 | 1,133 | 1,181 | −4.1% | 1,274.74 | 0.9/km2 |
Grahamdale | Moosehorn | January 1, 1945 | 1,278 | 1,334 | −4.2% | 2,365.94 | 0.5/km2 |
Grandview | Grandview | January 1, 2015 | 1,419 | 1,482 | −4.3% | 1,147.99 | 1.2/km2 |
Grassland | Hartney | January 1, 2015 | 1,583 | 1,561 | +1.4% | 1,350.34 | 1.2/km2 |
Grey | Elm Creek | January 1, 2015 | 2,517 | 2,648 | −4.9% | 968.90 | 2.6/km2 |
Hamiota | Hamiota | January 1, 2015 | 1,234 | 1,225 | +0.7% | 577.68 | 2.1/km2 |
Hanover | Mitchell | May 25, 1881 | 17,216 | 15,540 | +10.8% | 730.44 | 23.6/km2 |
Harrison Park | Onanole | January 1, 2015 | 1,852 | 1,617 | +14.5% | 964.55 | 1.9/km2 |
Headingley | Headingley | May 9, 1992 | 4,331 | 3,579 | +21.0% | 107.53 | 40.3/km2 |
Kelsey | The Pas* | January 1, 1945 | 2,181 | 2,419 | −9.8% | 850.41 | 2.6/km2 |
Killarney-Turtle Mountain | Killarney | August 15, 1881 | 3,520 | 3,429 | +2.7% | 930.02 | 3.8/km2 |
La Broquerie | La Broquerie | May 25, 1881 | 6,725 | 6,076 | +10.7% | 578.97 | 11.6/km2 |
Lac du Bonnet | Lac du Bonnet* | April 6, 1912 | 3,563 | 3,121 | +14.2% | 1,097.61 | 3.2/km2 |
Lakeshore | Rorketon | January 1, 2015 | 1,186 | 1,363 | −13.0% | 1,295.64 | 0.9/km2 |
Lorne | Somerset | January 1, 2015 | 2,904 | 3,041 | −4.5% | 923.03 | 3.1/km2 |
Louise | Crystal City | January 1, 2015 | 2,025 | 1,918 | +5.6% | 934.81 | 2.2/km2 |
Macdonald | Sanford | May 25, 1881 | 8,120 | 7,162 | +13.4% | 1,156.11 | 7.0/km2 |
McCreary | McCreary | January 1, 2015 | 748 | 892 | −16.1% | 527.77 | 1.4/km2 |
Minitonas – Bowsman | Minitonas | January 1, 2015 | 1,587 | 1,653 | −4.0% | 1,199.17 | 1.3/km2 |
Minto – Odanah | Minnedosa* | January 1, 2015 | 1,121 | 1,189 | −5.7% | 746.31 | 1.5/km2 |
Montcalm | Letellier | May 25, 1881 | 1,278 | 1,260 | +1.4% | 468.25 | 2.7/km2 |
Morris | Morris* | February 14, 1880 | 3,049 | 3,047 | +0.1% | 1,035.32 | 2.9/km2 |
Mossey River | Winnipegosis | January 1, 2015 | 1,450 | 1,145 | +26.6% | 1,119.96 | 1.3/km2 |
Mountain | Birch River | January 1, 1945 | 980 | 978 | +0.2% | 2,603.43 | 0.4/km2 |
Norfolk Treherne | Treherne | January 1, 2015 | 1,770 | 1,770 | 0.0% | 737.90 | 2.4/km2 |
North Cypress – Langford | Carberry* | January 1, 2015 | 3,011 | 2,745 | +9.7% | 1,762.30 | 1.7/km2 |
North Norfolk | MacGregor | January 1, 2015 | 3,915 | 3,853 | +1.6% | 1,158.26 | 3.4/km2 |
Oakland – Wawanesa | Nesbitt | January 1, 2015 | 1,758 | 1,690 | +4.0% | 578.82 | 3.0/km2 |
Oakview | Oak River | January 1, 2015 | 1,928 | 1,626 | +18.6% | 1,141.98 | 1.7/km2 |
Pembina | Manitou | January 1, 2015 | 2,406 | 2,347 | +2.5% | 1,130.57 | 2.1/km2 |
Piney | Vassar | January 1, 1945 | 1,843 | 1,726 | +6.8% | 2,430.32 | 0.8/km2 |
Pipestone | Reston | December 22, 1883 | 1,422 | 1,458 | −2.5% | 1,149.86 | 1.2/km2 |
Portage la Prairie | Portage la Prairie* | February 14, 1880 | 6,888 | 6,975 | −1.2% | 1,973.45 | 3.5/km2 |
Prairie Lakes | Belmont | January 1, 2015 | 1,625 | 1,453 | +11.8% | 1,070.95 | 1.5/km2 |
Prairie View | Birtle | January 1, 2015 | 2,161 | 2,088 | +3.5% | 1,694.69 | 1.3/km2 |
Reynolds | Hadashville | January 1, 1945 | 1,344 | 1,338 | +0.4% | 3,559.65 | 0.4/km2 |
Rhineland | Altona* | January 1, 2015 | 5,819 | 5,945 | −2.1% | 958.48 | 6.1/km2 |
Riding Mountain West | Inglis | January 1, 2015 | 1,442 | 1,420 | +1.5% | 1,624.99 | 0.9/km2 |
Ritchot | St. Adolphe | November 1, 1890 | 7,469 | 6,679 | +11.8% | 332.23 | 22.5/km2 |
Riverdale | Rivers | January 1, 2015 | 1,803 | 2,133 | −15.5% | 576.02 | 3.1/km2 |
Roblin[a] | Roblin | January 1, 2015 | 3,089 | 3,214 | −3.9% | 1,694.95 | 1.8/km2 |
Rockwood | Stonewall* | February 14, 1880 | 8,440 | 7,823 | +7.9% | 1,184.89 | 7.1/km2 |
Roland | Roland | November 1, 1908 | 1,145 | 1,058 | +8.2% | 484.47 | 2.4/km2 |
Rosedale | Neepawa* | December 22, 1883 | 1,524 | 1,672 | −8.9% | 864.68 | 1.8/km2 |
Rossburn | Rossburn | January 1, 2015 | 973 | 976 | −0.3% | 672.29 | 1.4/km2 |
Rosser | Rosser | March 11, 1893 | 1,270 | 1,372 | −7.4% | 441.74 | 2.9/km2 |
Russell – Binscarth | Russell | January 1, 2015 | 2,596 | 2,442 | +6.3% | 569.70 | 4.6/km2 |
Sifton | Oak Lake | January 1, 2015 | 1,239 | 1,256 | −1.4% | 839.50 | 1.5/km2 |
Souris – Glenwood | Souris | January 1, 2015 | 2,547 | 2,562 | −0.6% | 579.69 | 4.4/km2 |
Springfield | Oakbank | September 27, 1873 | 16,142 | 15,342 | +5.2% | 1,096.17 | 14.7/km2 |
St. Andrews | Clandeboye | February 14, 1880 | 11,723 | 11,913 | −1.6% | 739.61 | 15.9/km2 |
St. Clements | East Selkirk | December 22, 1883 | 11,586 | 10,876 | +6.5% | 711.17 | 16.3/km2 |
St. François Xavier | St. François Xavier | February 14, 1880 | 1,449 | 1,411 | +2.7% | 205.14 | 7.1/km2 |
St. Laurent | St. Laurent | May 25, 1881 | 1,542 | 1,338 | +15.2% | 480.15 | 3.2/km2 |
Stanley | Stanley | November 1, 1890 | 8,981[6] | 8,969 | +0.1% | 835.18 | 10.8/km2 |
Ste. Anne | Ste. Anne* | February 14, 1880 | 5,584 | 5,003 | +11.6% | 476.81 | 11.7/km2 |
Ste. Rose | Ste. Rose du Lac | January 1, 2015 | 1,591 | 1,712 | −7.1% | 630.04 | 2.5/km2 |
Stuartburn | Vita | January 1, 1945 | 1,731 | 1,648 | +5.0% | 1,161.45 | 1.5/km2 |
Swan Valley West | Swan River* | January 1, 2015 | 2,759 | 2,829 | −2.5% | 1,716.84 | 1.6/km2 |
Taché | Dufresne | February 14, 1880 | 11,916 | 11,568 | +3.0% | 580.64 | 20.5/km2 |
Thompson | Miami | November 1, 1908 | 1,518 | 1,422 | +6.8% | 531.24 | 2.9/km2 |
Two Borders | Melita* | January 1, 2015 | 1,120 | 1,175 | −4.7% | 2,321.73 | 0.5/km2 |
Victoria | Holland | November 15, 1902 | 1,188[6] | 1,132 | +4.9% | 703.54 | 1.7/km2 |
Victoria Beach | Winnipeg* | March 14, 1919 | 689 | 398 | +73.1% | 20.71 | 33.3/km2 |
Wallace – Woodworth | Virden* | January 1, 2015 | 2,748 | 2,948 | −6.8% | 1,977.43 | 1.4/km2 |
West Interlake | Eriksdale | January 1, 2015 | 2,228 | 2,162 | +3.1% | 1,643.72 | 1.4/km2 |
WestLake – Gladstone | Gladstone | January 1, 2015 | 3,273 | 3,154 | +3.8% | 1,909.82 | 1.7/km2 |
West St. Paul | West St. Paul | November 3, 1915 | 6,682 | 5,368 | +24.5% | 87.49 | 76.4/km2 |
Whitehead | Alexander | December 22, 1883 | 1,679 | 1,651 | +1.7% | 577.60 | 2.9/km2 |
Whitemouth | Whitemouth | March 1, 1905 | 1,630 | 1,548 | +5.3% | 697.35 | 2.3/km2 |
Woodlands | Woodlands | February 14, 1880 | 3,797 | 3,416 | +11.2% | 1,197.59 | 3.2/km2 |
Yellowhead | Shoal Lake | January 1, 2015 | 1,841 | 1,948 | −5.5% | 1,093.17 | 1.7/km2 |
Total rural municipalities | — | — | 301,438 | 288,919 | +4.3% | 101,551.07 | 3.0/km2 |